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John McCain slams Mike Huckabee: 'Good luck' with your TV show

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

01/12/2012 03:24 PM EST

In a bit of video that's setting the Twitterverse alight, Sen. John McCain pushed back hard in a Fox News interview against Mike Huckabee for claiming the senator got Fred Thompson to stay in the GOP primary in 2008 to split South Carolina conservatives, giving McCain the nomination:

“I respect him, but that’s totally false. It’s totally, patently false. And for him to say something like that, maybe it makes him feel better. ... All I can say to Gov. Huckabee is good luck on your programming on Fox, but you’re not telling the truth.”